Category: Around Amma
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A Teaching in Tears
When Amma was delivering her New Year’s Talk, she suddenly began telling everyone about a family who had come for darshan the day before:
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Nagapattinam Thanks Amma
29 December 2007 – Amritapuri This morning 75 tsunami survivors from Samanthampettai, Nagapattinam came for Amma’s darshan. Three years ago when the tsunami waves ravaged India’s west coast, Nagapattinam caught the worst of it, and in seconds more than 7,000 people were killed. Amma has visited Nagapattinam twice since that fateful day-once in February 2005…
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Bless us to Realize the Eternal ‘I’ in me
24 December 2007 — Amritapuri On holidays such as Christmas and Krishna Jayanti, Amma often reminds everyone that the real birth of Christ or Krishna must take place in one’s heart, and that to truly celebrate a mahatma’s birthday is to put his or her teachings into practice. This was the focus of this year’s…
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Old faces in Kodungallur
23 December, Kodungallur — Bharata Yatra 2007 In Kodungallur, there is a very famous Devi temple which attracts thousands of pilgrims every year. One specialty of this temple is that it is surrounded on three sides by about a dozen peepal trees, all hundreds of years old. Seeing them, one is reminded of the Bhagavad Gita…
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At the speed of Love
19 December, Kozhikode Brahmasthanam — Bharata Yatra 2007 Amma has been known to call Kozhikode her own Vrindavan. (Vrindavan is where Lord Sri Krishna lived his childhood, along with the fervently devoted gopis) Last year, Amma held a one-day program in a large stadium in the city. This year, it is a three-day festival in Amma’s…
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Wonder in Manjeri
16 December 2007, Manjeri –Bharata Yatra 2007 Amma started off her Indian tours with a mega program in Manjeri, northern Kerala. This one-day public program was held in the campus of Amrita Vidyalayam, one of the schools run by the ashram, and it is the second time Amma has visited here. Because the region is…
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Amma: A Divine Bliss
5 December 2007 — London, England Amma was welcomed to London by Sri. Sanjay Shrinet, the first secretary (trade) of the Indian High Commission, as well as Civic Ambassador of the London Borough of Newham, Smt. Omana Gangadharan. “It is a privilege and heavenly happiness to be blessed by Amma, to be in the company…
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Amma in California
22-26 November 2007 Amma held 5 days of programmes, including a three day retreat in her San Ramon Ashram in California. Mayor H. Abram Wilson, the mayor of the host city of San Ramon, welcomed Amma. He said: “To have her here, so that we can all have that touch and that love is beneficial…
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Love for the goal
November 2007, Paris During Amma’s 21st visit to Paris, there was a general train and bus strike in the city. Even though there was no public transportation, thousands upon thousands persevered and made their way to the hall. Some of them borrowed cars, some of them requested their neighbours to drive them, some of them…
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Amma in Dublin
13-14 November 2007, Dublin Amma held two days of programmes in Dublin, Ireland. This marked the 4th year Amma has visited the country. The famous Irish Band “Kila” returned for the second year to play for Amma. Indian Ambassador H.E. Mr. Saurbh Kumar garlanded Amma and welcomed Her to Ireland. Rachel Porter, a writer for…